Ancient "Declaration of Human Rights" on Display in Washington, DC Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we hear new music from outlaw Shooter Jennings. And, we answer a question about the meaning of...
Ancient Festival Unites Egyptian Muslims, Christians In this time of tension between Muslims and Christians, Egyptians of both faiths are celebrating a spring festival that predates their religions. Celebrating Sham el Nessim is an old pharonic celeb...
NASA: Ancient Martian Conditions Suitable for Life NASA says there is new evidence that ancient Mars could have supported microbial life. NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into a rock near an ancient stream bed on the Red Planet, and the rover has a...
Scientists from a South African university have found evidence of a population of what they say were small-bodied modern humans on an island of Palau, east of the Philippines. Lee Berger has spent his professional life searching for evidence of mank...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 12 March 2008 Scientists from a South African university have found evidence of a population of what they say were small-bodied modern humans on an island of Palau, east of the Philippines. VOA's Delia Robertson report...
By Odil Ruzaliev Washington 01 May 2007 For centuries, nomads wandered the steppes of Central Asia living in tents. One of the critical engineering elements of these flimsy structures was the tent band designed to brace the roof. Over time, these ban...
By David McAlary Washington 30 November 2006 An ancient piece of Greek technology recovered from a shipwreck more than 100 years ago is amazing scientists who have analyzed it in detail. Fragments of bronze gearwheels, now green and crumbling from m...
By Melinda Smith Baltimore, Maryland 05 September 2006 watch report Celiac Disease For thousands of years, human beings have suffered from a genetic disorder that has received attention only in the last few decades. The disorder is called celiac dis...
By Chad Bouchard Yogyakarta, Indonesia 04 June 2006 Pieces of destroyed columns are seen scattered at a damaged Hindu temple in Prambanan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Parts of the world famous Prambanan tem...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Cloning in South Korea / Ancient Insect / Preeclampsia Research By Broadcast: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Science in the News, in VOA Special English. I'm...